Articles filed under Illinois
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Deere names Samuel Allen new CEOMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Deere & Co. appointed Samuel R. Allen as its next chief executive officer to replace Robert W. Lane, effective Aug. 1. The company also named James Field as chief financ...
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Burris an outcast in clubby SenateMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is unprecedented. Tainted from the day he wa...
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Durbin aides: Blago weighed Madigan moveMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Just two weeks before his arrest on corruption charges, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich floated a plan to give President Obama's former Senate seat to the daughter of his bigg...
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Deadly wreck prompts barriers along Interstate 64May 31, 2009 11:00 pm - SHILOH -- Safety barriers are going up along a stretch of freeway in southwestern Illinois where a November 2007 crash involving an Illinois state trooper killed two sis...
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Blagojevich could get spring 2010 trialMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - The federal judge presiding over ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case is shooting for a trial in spring 2010. U.S. District Judge James Zagel told a hearing Mon...
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Human services need fundingMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Though no one is overjoyed about increased taxes, we feel it important to support Governor Quinn's proposed revenue plan in order to lay the foundation for a more secure...
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What your mayor says on video gambling locallyMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Here is a Daily Herald staff compilation of comments from suburban mayors about whether they would vote to ban video gambling machines in their towns: "My first inclinat...
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Facing cuts, state leaders start budget work anewMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn and top Illinois lawmakers renewed budget negotiations Monday, promising to genuinely work together in a new push to solve the state's mone...
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Pension reform gets tabled by lawmakersMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The state's pension systems will not be split into two levels of benefits, the plan's sponsor said Saturday. "At this point I believe the case has not been...
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Vote on gambling expansionMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate voted 30-28 on a plan to expand gambling by putting new casinos in Chicago, Park City, Rockford and Danville. There'd also be slots at ...